Paper-rack.



D. E. PRICE. PAPER RACK.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 14, 190B.

Patented Apr. 13, 1909.

THE MORRIS EETERS cm; WAsmuarom-mc.

UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID E. PRICE, OF YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO.

PAPER-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 14, 1908.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID E. PRICE, citizen 01" the United States,residing at Youngstown, in the county of Mahoning and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper-Racks, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention contemplates certain new and useful improvements paperracks and particularly comprises the construction of a paper rackadapted to support a plurality of papers in such a manner that any onepaper can be removed without disturbing the rest of the papers.

One of the objects of this invention is to construct a paper rack thatmay be made portable and which may be provided with a plurality of crossbars, a part of which may be adjusted whenever desired upon thesupporting standards.

Another object of this invention is to construct a paper rack providedwith a number of cross bars arranged for supporting a plurality ofpapers, said cross bars being formed with resilient supporting meansthat may be adjustable on a rack standard.

With these and other objects in view, this invention comprises certainconstructions, combinations and arrangements of p arts illustrated inthe accompanying drawings and particularly described in thespecification and claims.

For a lull understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to thefollowing description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved rack with various parts insection, Fig. 2 is a detail view of a looped standard gripping member,Fig. 3 is a detail view of a double looped standard gripping member,Fig. 4 is a detail view of a paper grasping member, and, Fig. 5 is asectional view of a cross bar connection.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

In the drawings, I have illustrated an adjustable paper rack madeaccording to my invention which is particularly adaptable for use inschools, news stands, and other public places.

My improved paper rack comprises frame embodying base portions 1 and 2on which are mounted uprights or standards 3 and 4.

The bases 1 and 2, as well as the standards 3 and 4, may be formed ofany suitable material. Slightly above the bases 1 and 2, a horizontalbar 5 rigidly connects with the standards by means of wire loops 6 and 7and to the upper ends of the standards 3 and 4 a second horizontal bar 8is secured by wire loops 9 and 10. The cross bar 8 is provided witheyelets 11 and 12 to which a suspending cord 13 may be connected forlowering and elevating the rack by means of pulleys 14. This latterarrangement is particularly desirable for school rooms. Intermediate ofthe rigid horizontal bars 5 and 8 a series of horizontal cross bars 15are mounted on the standards 3 and 4. The bars 15 are formed of tubularmaterial and provided with a central coiled spring 16 which extendstherethrough and which is formed with loops 17, which loops arepreferably provided with rubber gripping members 18 for adjustablypositioning the bars 15 on the standards 3 and 4. All of the horizontalbars are provided with a series of movable rings 19 formed with loops 19to which are connected clips 20, which are formed with looped portions20 adapted to accommodate rings 19. The standards 3 and 4 may beprovided with screws 21 for limiting the movement of bars 15.

The application of my improved paper rack is extremely simple. When thebars 5 and 8 are rigidly secured to the standards 3 and 4 and the bars15 adjustably positioned on the standards by means of the rubbergripping members 18, the rack may be provided with rings 19 and clips20. W hen these clips are mounted on the cross bars as illustrated inthe drawing in Fig. 1, news papers, periodicals or similar paperarticles may be suspended by the clips 20'. The removal of any one paperthus suspended may be effected by simply grasping its lower end portionand pulling downwardly. This movement would naturally tend to disturbthe balance of the papers suspended on the rack were the bars 15 to berigidly secured to the standards, but in my improved rack the springs 16absorb the vibration which is produced by the removal of a paper, thuskeeping the balance of the papers in a substantially undisturbedcondition. The importance of this feature of my invention will bereadily understood. In the use of the ordinary paper racks it has beennecessary to manipulate a releasing catch, usually formed with a pivotedmember, and the removal of a paper from one of these racks generallyimparts an undesirable movement or vibration to the entire rack. In myimproved rack this difficulty is overcome, and as a result the removalof a paper or a number of papers will not agitate the entire rack, withthe consequent result of making it difficult for a person to locate andselect a particular aper. It will be seen that the bars 15 may e movedto any position on the standards 3 and 4 and that the weight of the bars15 and the papers that may be suspended thereon will cause the members18 to more firmly grip the standards 3 and 4.

In the preferred embodiment of the invention as shown in Figs. 1 and 2the loops 17 at,

the opposite ends of the cross bars 15 are only coiled once around theupright standards 3 and 4, while in the modification shown in Fig. 3 theloop 17 is coiled twice around the standard, the latter constructionbeing used where it is desirable to obtain a firmer grip upon thestandard than could be had with the single coil.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. A device of the character described, comprising a frame embodyingstandards, transversely extending tubular bars mounted in said frame,springs extending through said bars and engaging said standards wherebyto yieldingly support the bars between the standards, and suspendingdevices supported by said bars.

\ 2. A rack of the character described, comprising a frame embodyingstandards, transversely extending tubular bars mounted in said frame,and springs extending through said bars and formed with coiled endportions encircling and gripping the standards and yieldingly connectingthe bars thereto.

3. A device of the character described, comprising a frame embodyingstandards, transversely extending bars mounted in said frame andprovided at their ends with gripping members adjustably sec @red to thestandards, the standards being formed with vertically extending seriesof apertures, and stop pins designed for insertion in the respectiveapertures, as and for the purpose specified.

4. A device of the character described, comprising a frame embodyingstandards, transversely extending bars mounted in said frame, springsyieldingly connecting said bars to the standards and suspending devicessup ported by said bars.

A device of the character described, comprising a frame embodyingstandards, tubular bars mounted in said iframe, and springs extendingthrough the bars and engaging said standards whereby to' yieldinglysupport the bars between the standards.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID E. PRICE. li itnesses GEO. H. GLAZZARD, JULiUs WALTr-IER.

